Chapter Summaries

Su Chen defeated David and learned that Professor Charles might have survived by placing his consciousness in a host. Utopia then attacked Worthington Pharmaceuticals on Alcatraz, where its Helicarrier began destroying the facility as the mutants moved to rescue those held there.

• Su Chen took David's remaining consciousnesses and personalities, killed him, and erased his existence.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost that David believed Professor Charles was still alive, and Emma promised to search for him.
• Electron revealed that Worthington Pharmaceuticals had developed a drug that could suppress mutants' X-Genes, prompting Utopia to target the company on Alcatraz.
• Utopia's Helicarrier appeared above Alcatraz and bombarded the island's defenses and surrounding ships.
• Emma Frost declared that Worthington Pharmaceuticals would be wiped from history as Utopia began its effort to rescue detained mutants.

Su Chen stopped Goliath the Giant from destroying the Helicarrier, then knocked him down at Alcatraz. As Su Chen turned to face Human Torch, another attacker struck him and revealed himself as a god of Earth.

• Goliath the Giant attacked the Helicarrier, but Su Chen restrained his arm with Telekinesis and repeatedly slapped him.
• Goliath grew larger and broke free, but Su Chen struck him from behind and sent him crashing to his knees in the sea near Alcatraz.
• Human Torch flew toward Su Chen, who fired a beam of ice power at him.
• A figure enveloped in white light hit Su Chen and sent him flying, then announced that he was a god of Earth.

Su Chen’s evolving powers eroded Hercules’s divine energy and let him overpower the god of strength. He brutalized Hercules across a mountain range and city, while Goliath and S.H.I.E.L.D. watched in horror.

• Hercules charged Su Chen through a row of skyscrapers, but Su Chen kicked him away as his genes awakened energy and divine power erosion.
• Hercules’s divine light faded near Su Chen, and Su Chen blocked his charge, punched him into a crater, and seized him by the neck.
• Su Chen carried Hercules high into the sky and hurled him into a mountain range, causing a huge collapse.
• Goliath watched in shock as S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Hill regretted organizing the attack and feared Hercules would not survive.
• Hercules tried to heal and escape, but Su Chen restrained him with Telekinesis, dragged him along the ground, and threw him through several buildings as another ability awakened.

Su Chen killed Hercules with evolved energy tentacles, then faced Human Torch’s life-burning Supernova attack. As the firestorm reached extreme heat, Su Chen’s evolving resistance produced an ice counterattack that froze the surrounding miles.

• Su Chen crushed Hercules into the rubble and pierced his body with energy tentacles that bypassed his divine defenses.
• Su Chen killed Hercules and taunted Human Torch and Goliath, who hesitated after seeing his power.
• Human Torch charged at Su Chen and created a million-degree firestorm by circling him at tremendous speed.
• Su Chen’s fire resistance evolved, and he unleashed ice energy that froze everything within several miles in an attack he called Ice Age.

Su Chen overcame Human Torch’s Supernova Explosion by developing Ice Manipulation, then helped defeat Goliath with Wanda and Emma Frost. At the N-37 Secret Base, Hank Pym and Scott Lang planned to explore the Quantum Realm for a way to counter Number One Mutants, while the battle on Alcatraz ended with Worthington Pharmaceuticals’ headquarters overrun.

• Su Chen developed immunity to fire and awakened Ice Manipulation, freezing much of the forest and part of the city while stopping the collapse of space.
• Goliath fled the battle near Alcatraz, but Scarlet Witch Wanda confronted him and Su Chen exposed and wounded him after he shrank.
• Emma Frost took control of Goliath and explained that his suit used Pym Particle technology, connecting his team to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• At the N-37 Secret Base, Hank Pym and Scott Lang discussed using the Quantum Realm to develop time travel or reach a parallel universe for help against Number One Mutants.
• The battle on Alcatraz ended, and Worthington Pharmaceuticals’ headquarters was completely overrun.

Su Chen confronted Kaecilius as Dormammu’s followers attacked the Yorktown City Sanctum, then entered the Dark World to stop the ritual and rescue the trapped Sanctum mages. Kaecilius welcomed him into the realm and warned that he would not be able to leave.

• Emma Frost told Su Chen that the Mutants in the laboratory were safe and that agents were investigating two suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities in the western desert.
• Dark energy erupted around the Yorktown City Sanctum, as Kaecilius’s ritual began destroying the surrounding area and trapping Sanctum mages in a corrupted Mirror Dimension.
• Kaecilius told Su Chen to join Dormammu, but Su Chen erased the distance between them and struck him, destroying what proved to be a duplicate.
• Su Chen entered the Mirror Dimension, which Kaecilius had transformed into a Dark World, and Kaecilius warned him that he could not escape.

Su Chen absorbed the Dark Dimension’s corrupting energy, collapsed its projection, and killed Kaecilius and seven of Dormammu’s followers. He remained under the influence of dark emotions as his Reality Warping grew stronger.

• Kaecilius tried to corrupt Su Chen with the Dark Dimension’s power, but Su Chen absorbed the energy and turned the Sanctum sorcerer’s white magic against him.
• Su Chen devoured the dark energy until the projected domain collapsed, returning everyone to the street outside the Sanctum.
• Su Chen erased the distance between himself and Kaecilius, then struck him with a blow that burst most of his body apart.
• As Dormammu’s followers charged, Su Chen stopped time by erasing its concept and killed all seven when time resumed.

Su Chen fought Dormammu’s will after it possessed Kaecilius and attacked him in Yorktown City. Enraged by Dormammu’s threat against his family, Su Chen destroyed Kaecilius’s body, extinguishing Dormammu’s manifested will.

• Dormammu’s will took control of Kaecilius, and his followers bowed while the surviving sanctum mages feared Earth’s protections would fail.
• Dormammu sent dark monsters after the mages and attacked Su Chen, but Su Chen caught his wrist and hurled him through buildings.
• Dormammu threatened Su Chen’s family, provoking Su Chen to attack him with a barrage of punches.
• Su Chen’s blows tore Kaecilius apart and formed a vast crater, extinguishing Dormammu’s will.
• The surviving sanctum mages stood stunned by the destruction.

Su Chen slaughtered Dormammu’s followers, read the sanctum mages’ memories, and confronted Baron Mordo and Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One. Ancient One revealed that she intended to undo Su Chen’s alterations to reality, prompting him to ask whether she would also restore the enemies he had erased.

• Su Chen killed Dormammu’s attacking followers by slicing them apart and erasing their lives.
• Su Chen assaulted the sanctum mages’ minds, read their memories about Kamar-Taj’s Three Sanctums, and left them brain-dead.
• Baron Mordo confronted Su Chen, and Ancient One emerged and used time magic to restore the fallen sanctum mages.
• Ancient One said she would undo Su Chen’s interference with reality and restore the timeline.
• Su Chen asked Ancient One whether restoring reality would bring back enemies such as Wolverine, Shadowcat, and General Stryker.

Su Chen rejected the Ancient One’s demand to undo his changes to reality, and the Ancient One trapped him and the Kamar-Taj mages in the Mirror Dimension. Su Chen exploited the unstable space to kill several mages, while Baron Mordo watched his growing strength.

• The Ancient One demanded that Su Chen let go of his hatred and allow his alterations to reality to be undone, but Su Chen refused and challenged her.
• The Ancient One activated the Mirror Dimension, and the Sanctum mages folded the city around Su Chen to restrict his movement.
• Su Chen manipulated space to pull four Sanctum mages beside him and killed them with energy tentacles.
• Su Chen detected an invisible mage’s ambush and knocked him away with an energy tentacle.
• Su Chen crushed a magical blade, stabbed its wielder with a fragment, and left Baron Mordo alarmed by how much stronger he had become.

Su Chen resisted the Ancient One’s magic and the Time Stone, then overwhelmed her with his attacks. As the Mirror Dimension began to collapse, the injured Ancient One realized she could barely weaken him.

• The Ancient One bound Su Chen with magical chains, but his rising magic resistance let him shatter them.
• Su Chen erased the distance between them and attacked, but the Ancient One used the Eye of Agamotto to reverse time and undo his punch.
• The Ancient One tried to rewind Su Chen’s age, but he resisted the Time Stone and charged through her magical barriers.
• Su Chen struck the Ancient One and sent her crashing through buildings while the Sanctum mages watched in shock.
• Su Chen continued attacking the Ancient One, and the Mirror Dimension began to collapse as her injuries worsened.
• The Ancient One found that the Time Stone could only turn Su Chen’s strength back to what it had been three days earlier, leaving him effectively unharmed.

Su Chen exposed that the Ancient One had been absorbing Dormammu’s power to prolong her life, turning the Sanctum mages against her. He then used her own arguments about protecting Earth to demand that she banish herself, leaving the Ancient One and Baron Mordo furious.

• Su Chen revealed that the Ancient One had secretly absorbed Dormammu’s power and suggested it explained Kaecilius’s betrayal.
• The Ancient One admitted she had used the dark power to extend her life so she could keep protecting Kamar-Taj and Earth.
• Baron Mordo and the Sanctum mages condemned the Ancient One’s choice, and some began to lose faith in her.
• Su Chen mocked the Ancient One for criticizing his reality-altering actions and demanded that she banish herself for Earth’s safety.
• The Ancient One and Baron Mordo reacted with anger at Su Chen’s accusation and ridicule.

After the Ancient One failed to glimpse Su Chen’s future, she apologized and restored the Yorktown City Sanctum, but Su Chen killed Baron Mordo before time magic could take him away. Later, at his new residence in Yorktown City, Su Chen planned to expand his forces and sent Emma Frost to arrange for Mutants to study magic at Kamar-Taj.

• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to examine Su Chen’s destiny but found his future shrouded and was forced out by a powerful rejection.
• The Ancient One admitted she had been wrong, restored the damaged Sanctum and surrounding streets, and sent the crimson-robed figures back to Kamar-Taj.
• Su Chen killed Baron Mordo with a flying blade as the Ancient One’s time magic was about to remove him.
• At his Yorktown City residence, Su Chen gave Emma Frost Sling Rings and ordered her to select young Mutants to train at Kamar-Taj.
• Su Chen discussed building a larger scientific team to develop the Tesseract and repurpose the Sentinels, while Su Shan asked him if she could learn magic.

Su Chen agreed to let Su Shan and Mindy learn magic while insisting Su Shan keep up with her schoolwork. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel returned to Earth and discovered a Terrigen Mist outbreak killing Mutants, marking the Inhumans’ emergence.

• Su Chen promised to arrange a sorceress to teach Su Shan magic and agreed that Mindy could learn alongside her.
• Su Chen refused to let Su Shan discard her textbooks, and Emma Frost watched their affectionate exchange.
• Director Hill reported that Mutants had captured two S.H.I.E.L.D. bases, while the agency prepared to mass-produce Sentinels.
• Captain Marvel Carol returned to Earth in response to Nick Fury’s pager and flew toward the West Coast.
• Carol found a city engulfed in Terrigen Mist that poisoned Mutants, and she realized the Inhumans had begun to emerge.

Carol discovered Kree genetic sequences and biochemical technology in the Terrigen Mist, while Maximus unleashed the mist on two cities to awaken Inhumans and kill Mutants. Su Chen entered the mist-shrouded mountain city and, seeing an unusual horned figure ahead, continued toward it.

• Carol scanned carbonized figures and found that their genes resembled the Kree’s and that the mist matched former Kree biochemical technology.
• Maximus ordered Terrigen Mist spread across two cities, seeking revenge on Mutants and a foothold on Earth for the Inhumans.
• The mist killed Mutants and humans with latent X-Genes while carbonizing others into cocoons for Inhuman awakening.
• Su Chen arrived alone in the mountain city, entered the mist unharmed, and passed a dying Mutant who called him Supreme.
• Su Chen used his vision to see through the mist and noticed a horned figure walking a hundred meters away.

Su Chen uncovered the Inhumans’ role in the genocide and killed their scouts, while Maximus ordered Lash to attack him. Lash charged toward Su Chen and unleashed an energy wave, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Chen read an Inhuman member’s memories, learned about Attilan, the Terrigen Mist, and Maximus’s plan, then killed him.
• Gordon detected the attack and rushed Su Chen, but Su Chen tracked him and smashed his head with a punch.
• Su Chen used Telekinesis to seize another Inhuman and hurl him into an approaching figure.
• Maximus sensed the battle and ordered Lash to absorb Su Chen’s ability.
• Lash charged at Su Chen and released a wave of energy.

Su Chen effortlessly defeated Lash and pursued Maximus, who was rescued at the last moment by Lockjaw’s teleportation. Su Chen turned toward the mountainside to face the imposing stranger who had arrived with the dog.

• Lash unleashed a destructive light wave at Su Chen, but Su Chen absorbed it and resisted Lash and Maximus’s attacks.
• Su Chen caught and crushed Lash’s bone blade, then struck Lash so hard that his body ruptured under the absorbed force.
• Su Chen declared Lash defeated and teleported toward Maximus on the distant mountain.
• Maximus tried to flee and attack Su Chen mentally, but Su Chen’s Mental Barrier blocked him and a gravitational force pulled him back.
• Lockjaw teleported Maximus away, then appeared beside Su Chen with a burly man in a black combat suit.

Black Bolt arrived to confront Su Chen and used his destructive voice against him, but Su Chen endured the attacks and struck him down. After Black Bolt removed his limiter and unleashed another devastating blast, Su Chen absorbed the residual energy and awakened sonic absorption, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Black Bolt arrived and attacked Su Chen with the word "Die," flattening mountains while Su Chen absorbed the sound waves and gained sonic and mental resistance.
• Su Chen vowed to avenge the Mutants killed in the city and rushed Black Bolt, pushing through his sonic attack to punch him out of the sky.
• Black Bolt rose from the crater, removed his limiter, and unleashed a devastating roar that shook the surrounding region as Lockjaw teleported Maximus away.
• Maximus warned Black Bolt that Su Chen was still alive as Su Chen absorbed the chaotic energy and healed his ears.
• Su Chen's genes adapted to the attack, increasing his physical strength and awakening sonic absorption.

Su Chen killed Black Bolt after absorbing his quasi-sonic attacks and pulling him out of Lockjaw’s teleportation passage. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel discovered that a signal from Earth had reached alien civilizations and decoded a little girl’s plea inviting them to destroy humanity.

• Black Bolt unleashed another massive quasi-sonic blast, but Su Chen absorbed it without harm.
• Su Chen pursued Black Bolt as Lockjaw began teleporting the Inhuman royal family, then reached into the spatial passage and dragged Black Bolt back.
• Su Chen killed Black Bolt with a punch and declared that the Inhuman king had paid for the Mutants who died.
• Captain Marvel followed a signal to the west coast and learned that Sentinels were killing Mutants.
• Captain Marvel’s wristwatch decoded an Earth transmission that had reached distant regions of space: a little girl pleaded for aliens to come and destroy them.

Captain Marvel Carol revealed that Valeria’s signal had alerted the Silver Surfer, who planned to guide Galactus to Earth. The agents learned that the Solar System faced destruction, but some doubted Carol’s warning.

• Valeria built a transmitter using Nick Fury’s pager and broadcast a signal into space to summon help against Number One Mutants.
• A terrifying voice warned Valeria to shut down the signal, but she repeated her plea and kept the transmitter running.
• Captain Marvel Carol intercepted the transmission, broke into the secret facility, and confronted Valeria, who admitted she wanted Earth destroyed.
• Carol disclosed that the Silver Surfer would soon guide Galactus toward Earth and the Solar System.
• The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reacted with disbelief, and one accused Carol of being an agent of Number One Mutants.